Yours Truly, the Commuter

Yours Truly, the Commuter is the debut solo studio album by American indie rock musician Jason Lytle. It was released on May 19, 2009, by ANTI-.

Yours Truly, the Commuter
Studio album by Jason Lytle
Released	May 19, 2009 (2009-05-19)
Recorded	The Warbler in Montana, U.S.
Genre	Indie pop[citation needed] indie rock
Label	ANTI-
Producer	Jason Lytle
Jason Lytle chronology
Yours Truly, the Commuter (2009) Dept. of Disappearance (2012)

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	67/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The A.V. Club	C+[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B[4]
The Independent	[5]
Mojo	[6]
The New York Times	[1]
NME	7/10[7]
The Phoenix	[8]
Pitchfork	7.4/10[9]
Uncut	[10]

Yours Truly, the Commuter was generally well received by critics. AllMusic called it "a gorgeously atmospheric record, a panorama of lush California landscapes filtered through the lonely lens of winter air and rural, mountainous terrain. There's a familiar mix of electronics and acoustic instruments here, but they're linked together more discreetly than before", calling it "more cohesive than many of those past [Grandaddy] albums".^[2] Pitchfork wrote: "Yours Truly, the Commuter sounds an awful lot like a Grandaddy album – not just another Grandaddy album, though, but a really good one, the best since Sumday."^[9]

Less favourable was The A.V. Club, writing: "Lytle settles for repetitive mood-setters that merely re-shuffle the elements he's been working with for more than a decade now, with no discernible progress or mastery."^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jason Lytle.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Yours Truly, the Commuter"	3:16
2.	"Brand New Sun"	4:22
3.	"Ghost of My Old Dog"	5:06
4.	"I Am Lost (And the Moment Cannot Last)"	2:20
5.	"Birds Encouraged Him"	4:25
6.	"It's the Weekend"	2:15
7.	"Fürget It"	3:52
8.	"This Song Is the Mute Button"	2:40
9.	"Rollin' Home Alone"	4:14
10.	"You're Too Gone"	2:41
11.	"Flying Thru Canyons"	3:07
12.	"Here for Good"	3:57

iTunes bonus track

No.	Title	Length
13.	"The Weather Girl"	3:51

iTunes pre-order bonus track

No.	Title	Length
14.	"This Song Is the Mute Button (Other Version)"

Credits

• Jason Lytle – all instruments, production, mixing, recording, engineering, sleeve artwork

Additional personnel

• Ariana Murray – additional vocals on "I Am Lost"

Technical

• Thom Monahan – mixing
• Mark Chalecki – mastering
• Jen Murse – sleeve design

Charts

Chart	Peak Position
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)	42[11]
French Albums Chart	175[12]